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Is there any point in pushing the walk signal button?

By John Greenfield On November 29, 2012 · 22 Comments

Photo by Neil Carpenter.

[This piece originally ran in 2008 in Time Out Chicago magazine.]

Q: Do those push-to-walk buttons at intersections work or are they just a placebo?

A: The New York Times reported that NYC deactivated most of its pedestrian switches in the ’80s, but thousands of sucker buttons were still [...]

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